Llewellyn and Harriss elected as votes exhausted in Lyons and Franklin

Updated
Thu 27 Mar 2014, 12:42 AM AEDT

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David Llewellyn pictured in the tally room with Labor colleague Rebecca White after losing his seat in 2010.

Brigid Andersen: ABC

Labor party stalwart, David Llewellyn, is returning to politics after claiming the fifth seat in Tasmania's sprawling electorate of Lyons.

Counting has now been completed in the electorates of Lyons and Franklin.

David Llewellyn's election means the Greens MP, Tim Morris, who topped the Lyons poll four years ago, has lost his seat.

Mr Llewellyn was ousted in 2010 after more than two decades in State Parliament.

He is not saying whether he will run for the leadership.

"It's rude to be talking about leadership aspects frankly prior to the parliamentary Labor party meeting and talking about the results of the election," he said.

"And I don't intend to be involved in that."

Tim Morris says it is a disappointing result for the party but he will remain active in the forestry debate.

"I'm certainly not going to be retiring how that might still take a form I don't know," he said.

"But look, I've developed a really strong interest in economics and I may look at studying next year and certainly I'll be very active in relation to the forestry debate."

Harriss installed in the Lower House

In Franklin, former independent Upper House MP turned Liberal candidate Paul Harriss has won the fifth seat at the expense of Labor's David O'Byrne.

Mr Harriss finished more than 1,700 votes ahead of the Labor leadership hopeful.

He says the win is gratifying.

"I look back on the last couple of months since I made the decision and we rolled the dice and it was with some trepidation along the way, pretty pleased with the outcome, it's been a fairly long journey I've got to say," he said.